Abdallah Hassan El-Hamalawy 

Position: Ph.D.  Student, 2021-2025, (Electrical Engineering)

Abdallah was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1992. He earned his B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University in 2016 and 2019, respectively. From 2017 to 2021, he served as a Teaching and Lecturer Assistant in the Electrical Engineering Department at Cairo University. In 2021, Abdallah joined the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University, where he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Since then, he has worked as a Teaching Assistant at York University. Abdallah has received several scholarships and awards, including the Mitacs Accelerate and York Graduate Fellowship. He also has five years of industrial experience in automation, PLC programming, and SCADA systems.

Research Interests:

His research interests include 

  • subspace identification,
  • model predictive control,
  • microgrid stability,  
  • electrolyzer-based hydrogen plants’ design and integration with electrical grid.

E-mail: afhassan@yorku.ca

Office location: BRG 312

Refereed Journal:

  1. A. Osama, A.F. El-Hamalawy, M.E. Ammar, M.E., A.M. AbdelAty, H.H. Zeineldin, T.H. El-Fouly,  and E.F. El-Saadany, “A kurtosis-ESPRIT algorithm for RealTime stability assessment in droop controlled microgrids.” Scientific Reports, 15(1), p.1876,  2025. – link
  2. A.F. El-Hamalawy, H.E. Farag,  and A. Asif, “Optimal design of grid-connected green hydrogen plants considering electrolysis internal parameters and battery energy storage systems.”  Energy Conversion and Management, 302, p.118127, 2024. – link
  3. A.F. El-Hamalawy, M.E. Ammar, H.F. Sindi, M.F. Shaaban,  and H.H. Zeineldin,  “A subspace identification technique for real-time stability assessment of droop based microgrids.” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 37(4), pp.2731-2743, 2021. – link

Refereed Conference:

  1. A.F. El-Hamalawy, H.E. Farag,  and A. Asif, “Optimal Design of Alkaline Based Electrolysis Hydrogen Production Plants.” In 2024 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) (pp. 915-919). IEEE, 2024. – link
  2. A.F. El-Hamalawy, H.E. Farag, R. Medal, C. MacNeil, E. Ahmed, D. Sohm,  and I. El-Samahy, “A Real–World Case Study for Smoothing Wind Power Output Using Flywheel Energy Storage.” In 2024 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) (pp. 507-511). IEEE, 2024. – link
  3. A.F. El-Hamalawy, H.E. Farag,  and  A. Asif, “Optimal Design of Electrolysis Hydrogen Plants. “In 2023 IEEE PES Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies-Middle East (ISGT Middle East) (pp. 1-5). IEEE,  2023. – link
  4. G.A. Bahgat,  A.A. Fawzy,  and H.M. Emara, “An unbiased butterfly optimization algorithm.” In International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (pp. 506-516). Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. – link
  5. A.F. El-Hamalawy, H.M. Emara,  and A. Bahgat, “Servo System Control Using SPC and ASPC.” In 2019 11th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT) (pp. 1-7). IEEE, 2019. – link